#Maketime4Languages Quiz International Education Week 2016 #Maketime4Languages Quiz www.britishcouncil.org
a)Chinese b) Spanish c) Elish d) Arabic e) Hindi 中文啊！ Chinese! (a) 1) What is the most spoken language in the world (as a national language) ? a)Chinese b) Spanish c) Elish d) Arabic e) Hindi 中文啊！ Chinese! (a) www.britishcouncil.org
2) How many European Languages are there? Less than 100 100-200 200-300 300-400 200-300 (c) www.britishcouncil.org
3) What proportion of all of the languages of the world are African languages? 1 in 2 1 in 3 1 in 5 1 in 10 1 in 3 (b) www.britishcouncil.org
4) Which of the following are written right to left? Arabic (a) Arabic Japanese Albanian Hindi www.britishcouncil.org
5) Which country has the largest number of Spanish native speakers? Méjico Mexico (c) Spain Colombia Mexico USA www.britishcouncil.org
6) How many people in the world speak english? Almost everyone About 480 million About 100 million About 480 million (c) www.britishcouncil.org
How many languages are spoken in the world Between 2000 and 2500 (b – around 2,200) About 100 Between 2000 and 2500 More than 400 www.britishcouncil.org
7) What’s the largest number of languages spoken in any one country? 836 in Papua New Guinea (a) About 800 Between 400 and 600 About 200 www.britishcouncil.org
Between 30 and 70 (b - actually around 50) About 20 Between 30 and 70 8) How many words do you think you could speak when you were 18 months old? Between 30 and 70 (b - actually around 50) About 20 Between 30 and 70 More than 100 www.britishcouncil.org
By the time you were five years old how many could you speak? About 1000 Between 2000 and 2500 More than 4000 Between 2000 and 2500 (b) www.britishcouncil.org
What languages do you speak? International Education Week 2016 What languages do you speak? #Maketime4Languages #IEW2016 www.britishcouncil.org